PSU Urban Center stations

The PSU Urban Center stations are light rail stations on the MAX Green, Orange and Yellow Lines in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, located adjacent to the PSU Urban Center, of Portland State University. The northbound platform is the PSU Urban Center/Southwest 6th & Montgomery station, and the southbound platform is the PSU Urban Center/Southwest 5th & Mill station. The stations opened on August 30, 2009, and for the next three years they were temporarily the southern passenger terminus of the Portland Transit Mall MAX extension, awaiting construction of the PSU South stations. The latter opened on September 2, 2012,[1] and the change made PSU Urban Center the second stop northbound and the next-to-last stop southbound on the Portland Mall MAX lines.

PSU Urban Ctr/
SW 6th & Montgomery
  PSU Urban Ctr/
SW 5th & Mill
  
MAX Light Rail station
5th & Mill Street platform
LocationSW 6th & Montgomery (northbound)
SW 5th & Mill (southbound)
Portland, Oregon
 United States
Coordinates45°30′43″N 122°40′55″W
Owned byTriMet
Tracks1 per split
ConnectionsPortland Streetcar's NS Line
and A Loop and B Loop lines
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone2009–2012: Fareless Square/Free Rail Zone (in Zone 1);
2012–present: Not applicable
History
OpenedAugust 2009
Services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
SW 6th & Montgomery
One-way operation
Green Line
Yellow Line
toward Expo Center
SW 5th & Mill
Terminus
Green Line
One-way operation
toward SE Park
Orange Line
Former services
Preceding station   MAX Light Rail   Following station
SW 6th & Montgomery
TerminusMall Shuttle
2009–2011
SW 5th & Mill
Terminus
Yellow Line
2009–2015
One-way operation
TerminusMall Shuttle
2009–2011

The stations are built into the sidewalks of 5th and 6th Avenue. There are connections to the Portland Streetcar's NS Line and A and B Loop lines, and TriMet and C-Tran buses.

When opened in August 2009, the stations were located in Fareless Square (within fare zone 1), which was renamed the Free Rail Zone four months later, in January 2010. However, the fare-free zone was eliminated in 2012, when TriMet discontinued all use of fare zones.[1]

References

  1. Bailey Jr., Everton (August 30, 2012) [print edition date August 31, 2012, p. 1]. "TriMet boosts most fares starting Saturday; some routes changing". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
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